EVENTS

The IAD Events list is a portal to important industry-related events from all around the globe. Please kindly be reminded that events listed below are for informational purposes and are not necessarily endorsed or organized by IAD. Events which comply with IAD’s patronage and endorsement policies, competition or award guidelines, are highlighted with a green color.

World Entrepreneurship Day
World Entrepreneurs’ Day (WED), 21st August annually, is a globally celebrated day for the celebrating entrepreneurs, innovators and business people. IAD invites all interested parties around the world to take part in the WED celebration by hosting activities or events related to entrepreneurship, innovation and business, especially to for participation of younger audiences. We hope that the activities hosted at WED would remind us the importance of leadership and entrepreneurial spirit, and help spark interest for entrepreneurship in the involved communities. Activities that could be organized on 21st of August could cover conferences teaching constructive ways to challenge and improve the status quo, talks that help young generations to grow as effective problem solvers, discussion sessions to implement ethical and just decision making in youngsters, and other similar topics that help spread the entrepreneurship in a correct and positive manner.

World Design Days
Good Design is Good Business, not just for enterprises, but for the world. Every year, between 12 and 15 April, are the World Design Days. The aim of the World Design Days is to create awareness for design for multiple demographics. World Design Days aims to promote design for a better, brighter future where good designs serve to mankind through improvements in the quality of live by socio-cultural, economic, and environmental innovations. IAD invites all interested parties to organize events and initiatives around design to promote World Design Days between 12 and 15 April each year. World Design Days is an important opportunity to highlight the role of design in the world.

A' Design Award
An excellent platform for enterprises and institutions to promote good design practices, innovations and new technologies, A' Design Awards is a premier annual juried design competition that honors the best designs and projects worldwide to provide them publicity, fame and recognition. A' Design Award and Competitions are organized and awarded annually and internationally in a wide range of categories. Every year, projects that focus on innovation, technology, design and creativity are awarded with the A' Award. Standard application deadline is June 30.